He also said he had found it painful "to put youngsters in harm's way, " adding that he had an obligation to make sure lives had not been lost in vain.

CNN: Bush: No regrets over Iraq invasion

Mr. TRENT DUFFY (White House Deputy Press Secretary): We mourn the lives of all those who are lost in this conflict in defense of freedom, but we don't want those lives to be lost in vain.

NPR: Soldier's Mother Holds Vigil Near Bush Ranch

All we can hope and pray for is that he hasn't lost his life in vain.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Man remanded after vicar killing

But his efforts were in vain as his side lost their last five wickets for 17 runs, with Sujeewa de Silva and off-spinner Thilan Samaraweera claiming four wickets apiece.

BBC: Clean sweep for Sri Lanka

If it costs no more than 13 lives at Fort Hood finally to recognize and correct the systemic errors in our national understanding of, and response to, what animates Muslims who seek our destruction, the sacrifice of those who lost their lives will not have been in vain.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: None dare call it ��submission��

Nothing we do now could more seriously besmirch the memory of those whose lives have been lost in attacks like this weekend's than to signal that their sacrifice was in vain.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Chinook down